Austin Reaves Discussion: How Much Is He Worth?

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  1. Weezy

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    If he’s not right this is going to be a short and embarrassing playoffs

     
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    It might be regardless, but yeah losing AR would be adding salt to the wound.

    Question, anyone know what happened? Was it contact or not? I just saw him grabbing his side but couldn’t see what caused it. A minute later Luka was grabbing his hammy. One two punch there.
     
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    lmao

    whoever is lucky enough to face the lakers in round one will be getting the equivalent of a bye week
     
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    Austin getting injured was way more likely/predictable than Luka .

    This kind of injury sure wasn't though
     
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    Good lord man, just a horrendous end to a season that had looked so positive. Whoever faces us gets essentially a first round bye. I genuinely feel bad for LeBron at this point.
     
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    Ugh...
     
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    Well, I guess it's up to Dalton and Bronny to carry the team.
     
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    Can we wave the white flag?
     
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    The only bright side is there’s no way AR gets a max contract now. Opens us up to spend a few more dollars on another player.
     
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    maybe a tiny bit if we end up running into apron stuff, but not much. only benefit to reaves having sub-max is marginal stuff down the road. does almost nothing to this summer.

    his health issues will probably ding his contract a bit, though.
     
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    I honestly think AR gets the max, it’s going to start at about $40m per and in his 3rd, 4th and 5th seasons under it, he’ll still be good value relative to the cap.
     
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    AR is not signing into cap space. He's signing into the tax towards the 1st apron. It may impact down the line but this summer there's probably no impact

    I think we should be able to get him below the max. It's not like he has much options, only at the MLE he can get a competitive scenario. I think around the 35M mark with the contract growing each year is probably a good scenario for both
     
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    yeah, i'd still be surprised if we sign him to sub-max, i suppose.

    guessing management will maybe try to sell him on either a slightly under-max (if it can help this summer's plans) or a declining deal that starts at max (to add a little wiggle room in later years).

    from his standpoint, this will likely be his one huge contract, so i understand if his agent just wants full max without any other discussion.
     
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    Been saying this the entire year with plus minus at that figure. Thinking he would perform well in playoffs, if healthy, but still have “some”expected difficulties.
     
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    Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
     
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    @LTLakerFan has been consistent, and I'd be okay with that number after the durability issues with the increased usage this season. I think that's fair.
     
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    Damn .... JJ is saying Dallas facility scanned the wrong area on AR and a 2nd one happened yesterday? But they still saw the damage being claimed??

     
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